[mattmets]

Don't know if anyone saw/heard the Mets-Astros game tonight but a situation came up. 2-1 Mets, runner on first, bottom of the 7th, Cliff Floyd is 2-3 off Roy Oswalt tonight. With a 1-0 count, Phil Garner pops out of the dugout to talk to Oswalt. The next pitch is a fastball that pegs Floyd in the back. Floyd walks out towards the mound, but doesn't charge or take more than 2 or 3 steps. Catcher and HP umpire step in and diffuse the sitch. Bruce Dreckman warns both benches, which leads Willie Randolph to discuss the validity of the warning in terms of retaliation. The more I thought about the situation, I didn't like the warning. I think what I would have done was toss Oswalt and Garner IMMEDIATELY because of how flagrant the HBP was. I then would have issued warnings after the Mets retaliated (if they did). By letting them get this out of the way tonight, this avoids issues for the next 2 games of the series. I totally understand why Dreckman warned both benches, but now without payback, this thing could leech into tommorrow's game. what do you all think about this? Even if you think my logic is dead wrong, does it at least make you think about the situation? This HBP was completely obvious to anyone who saw it.